Cougars moving on in playoffs

For the 2nd year in a row –  against the same team, in the same place – the Clark Cougar boys varsity team advanced to the second round of playoffs with a win.  Corpus Christi Carroll fell to the Cougars 65-53.

The Clark defense took their job seriously as the Cougars jumped to a 17-7 lead early.  The Tigers never adjusted and Adam Perez’ fourth quarter heroics sealed the victory.  John Chapman added 12 and Carter Josephs had 7 points in the win.

The Cougars next face Wagner Thursday at 8:00pm at UTSA. Way to go Coogs!

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Perez scolds the Huskies

Both Clark varsity basketball teams and soccer teams were victorious in their games in district play.

Perhaps the most dramatic win came as the boys basketball team was down by 2 points with :01 left in their overtime game with Holmes.  Adam Perez floated a three pointer over the Huskie defense to give the Cougars a one point win 49-48.  The boys are currently 3rd in the district standings with 3 games left on the schedule.

On the girls side, Donna Matthews led all scorers with 9 points as Clark easily defeated the Huskies 44-27.  The win gives the Cougars a 19-12 record.  A Clark win in their final game combined with Jay losses in their next two games keeps the Cougars’ playoff hopes alive.

Blair Socha and Chloe Treviño each had a goal to lead the Clark girls soccer team over Warren 2-1.  On the boys side, a 5-2 blowout of the Warriors led by Carlos Sepulveda’s hat trick gave the boys an easy win.

Yates - Saldaña - Kern

Three varsity Clark Cougar student athletes committed to play at the next level at the 2012 Signing Day ceremonies at Clark High School.  QB Josh Kern and WR Brandon Yates from football and Briana Saldaña from soccer all made their college plans official in front of coaches, family and friends.

Josh Kern, recruited early on by the University of Arizona and others, will be playing for new head coach Rich Rodriguez and the Wildcats this fall.  Brandon Yates’ fans will be able to watch him locally as he goes on the field for The University of the Incarnate Word and Briana Saldaña, after visiting LSU and Arizona State, will tear through opponents as a Concordia Tornado.

Josh is the son of Tres and Pam Kern.  Brandon is the son of Rhonda Brockett.  Both were coached by AD/Head Coach Steve McGhee.  Briana is the daughter of Arturo and Rae Saldaña and coached by Diana Driggers.

Congrats to these Clark Cougars!

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Cougars sink the competition

At the District 27-5A meet, Clark Cougar varsity swimmers garnered several honors. On the girls side, 2nd in the 200 yd. freestyle relay and 3rd place in the 200 medley relay went to the team of Coral Crouch, Lauren Cartee, Marielle Rominger, and Alexandra Green. Alexandra Green placed 4th in the 100 yd. freestyle and 5th in the 50 yd. Freestyle. Lauren Cartee took bronze in the 100 yd breaststroke. In the 400 yd. freestyle relay, the Cougars placed third with the team of Ashlyn Lewis, Rachel Deschner, Bailey Ratner, and Coral Crouch.

The boys won the 200 yd. freestyle relay (Joseph Jaime, Daniel Lee, Michael Macha, and Darren Sanchez) and placed 2nd in the 200 medley relay (Joseph Jaime, Daniel Lee, Michael Macha, and Mitch Jacobs). Michael Macha took 1st in the 100 yd. butterfly with Jesse Renteria placing 5th, Joseph Jaime placed 1st in the 100 yd. freestyle and 4th in the 200 yd. freestyle, and Daniel Lee took 3rd in the Men’s 200 yd. IM while Mitch Jacobs took 4th. Jacobs also placed 6th in the 500 yd. freestyle. (continue reading…)

Jair Rodriguez scores in the 2nd half

Fighting a tough wind and a pesky Brandeis team, the Clark Cougar varsity boys soccer squad won 2-0 in the district match.  Jair Rodriguez scored with 4 minutes gone in the 2nd half and Manuel Garcia with 16 minutes left in the game to seal the victory.

In the first half, the Cougars pounded the Bronco goal but could never quite hit the net.  At least 6 corner kicks resulted in no goals along with 3 other shots on goal.  In the 2nd half, however, with a strong wind at their backs, the Cougars dominated the Broncos with speed and skill.

The Cougars are ranked #2 by the Express News and are on the ESPN High school rankings.

Earlier, the girls varsity team lost to Brandeis 3-1.  Mallory Meyer scored for the Cougars.

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A heady congratulations to the Clark Cougar varsity fall sports athletes who hit the books hard this past season.  Here is a list of the NISD All Academic Team athletes from Clark:

In addition to district honors, several Cougars were recognized on the Texas High School Coaches Association Academic All State Teams. Achieving 1st Team honors for football: Mitchell Rummel and Logan Hanna. Second team honors went to Alex Hunter, Brian Socha, Dusty Wright and Ty Williams. Honorable mention went to Sean Campbell, Ryan Cover, Troy Ogletree, Blake DeHart and Manny Menezes. And in Cross Country Honorable Mention Academic All State honors went to Shantel Swift.

T. Matthews rides Broncos for 10 points

A match up between “top teams” #25 Texas/#5 Express News Clark Cougars varsity basketball team and #6 Express News brandees (or Brandeis if you want to get technical…) turned more into an exhibition and a great practice for the Cougars as Clark easily defeated the my little ponies (or Broncos) 62-38 at Paul Taylor.  Clark displayed “top team” form, not so much for the burros, er, broncos.

The Express News boxscore shows that every Cougar on the roster put points on the board during the game.  The Cougars outscored the ponies by 10-4-3 and 7 points each quarter and the defense did not allow brandees to score more thn 10 points in any quarter.

The Cougars now own a 12-4 overall record and a 1-0 district tally.  The Cougars play again this Saturday.

Good Job, Coogs!

Yes, we know it’s misspelled.  Call it a sign of disrespect.

Adam Perez, featured in this week’s Express News, and the rest of the Clark Cougars (#25 Texas, #5 Express News) face the brandees (#6 Express News) my little ponies tonight at Paul Taylor in their district opener.  Clark (11-4) is coming off a close game with Judson.  brandees, (11-4) is on a three game win streak.  Tip-off is at 8pm at Paul Taylor.

The ladies lost to brandees in their 3rd district game of the season.  Kristen Lye led the Cougars in scoring.  Clark girls are 12-7. 2-1 in district.

Salinas scores, Cougars win

The Clark Cougars varsity girls basketball team notched their first district win in their first district game against Taft, winning 53-41.  The Cougars started slow, scoring only 5 points to Taft’s 16 in the first quarter.  The 2nd quarter belonged to Clark, though, with an 18-12 advantage.  The 2nd half was all Cougars, as the defense shut the Raiders down allowing only 13 more points to the Cougars 30 points.  Kristen Lye scored 13 with Ashley Salinas adding another 11.  Clark is now 11-6 overall.

On the boys side, an easy win over Seguin, 66-51, gave the Cougars their 11th win of the season.  The Cougars face a tough Judson team Friday evening before starting their district schedule next week beginning with the brandees my little ponies.

Clark swimmers participated in the TISCA meet and the results looked good for the Cougars.  Joseph Jamie won the silver in the men’s 100 yd freestyle event with a time of 48.26.  That helped the Clark men’s team take 6th place in the event with over 30 teams participating.  The ladies finished 22nd in the meet.

Way to go Coogs.